Since we’re on the topic, you cannot at once say that the criminal legal system is unjust, while also saying that ppl currently in prison should not have the right to vote. You can’t call a system illegimate and then use that system to justify taking away ppl’s most basic rights.
Even if we were to accept the current carceral system as legitimate, which it isn’t, there is nothing inherent to having committed a crime that prevents someone from participating politically. It’s a basic right of being a citizen, not something contingent on your behavior.
And perhaps if incarcerated people had the right to vote, we wouldn’t have a system that allows them to be treated so horrifically while they’re behind bars. Perhaps we’d be closer to giving people the things they need to prevent entanglement in the system in the first place.
In the meantime, donate here to help formerly incarcerated people in Florida to pay off their fines and fees so that they can regain their right to vote:
wegotthevote.org/finesandfees/
wegotthevote.org/finesandfees/
